Frank Mason needed overtime — as in a year at Massanutten Military Academy — to earn enough credits in core courses to graduate high school.
His college career faced no such roadblocks.
“He was two classes shy after 3 1/2 years. How many students go four years of college only needing two classes to graduate? He needed two classes (second semester) to graduate, all because of loading up in the summer,” Kansas coach Bill Self said proudly, referring to the 5-foot-11 senior point guard from Petersburg, Va., who will graduate from KU with a degree in liberal arts and sciences on Sunday.